Quick trips: Music festivals in Grand Marais; Jesse James Days in Northfield

Mark your calendars this month for two North Shore music festivals. The 11th annual Radio Waves Music Festival, Fri.-next Sun. at Sweetheart’s Bluff, features two stages of live music, dancing, a children’s area and plenty of food. Hours are 4 to 10 p.m. Sept. 7; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 8; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 9. Admission is $10 per day or $20 for the weekend, and free for ages 12 and under (tinyurl.com/y9e3kh75).

Mid-month at the North House Folk School, Unplugged and the Birch Bark Bash take place Sept. 14-15. At 5 p.m. Friday during the Birch Bark Bash, an annual fundraiser, guests can enjoy music and a woodworking demonstration by Swedish performer Jögge Sundqvist plus a multicourse dinner ($100). Under the Big Top on Sat., popular storytellers and musical artists Kevin Kling, Dan Chouinard and Prudence Johnson and others will perform at 7 p.m. ($35-$55), and a Folk Artisan Marketplace, craft classes (preregistration required) and more will be offered (northhouse.org).

Northfield

Defeat of Jesse James Days takes history fans back in time with a re-enactment of the gang’s attempted bank robbery and shootout Wed.-next Sun. at the Northfield Historical Society Bank Site and Museum. Re-enactments will be held at 6 and 7 p.m. Fri., 11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m. Sat., and 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sun. Other popular events include museum tours, a rodeo, parades, a carnival, sports, a fine art festival, car show, games, a chili cooking contest and more (djjd.org).

A Taiwanese exchange student accused of threatening to "shoot up" his high school near Philadelphia was spared additional time in prison at his sentencing Monday, but he will be deported and barred from returning to the U.S.

Police in suburban St. Louis on Monday were searching for a gunman who went into a religious supply store, sexually assaulted at least one woman and shot a woman in the head. The shooting victim was in critical condition at a hospital.

Chipotle said Monday that the company has offered a fired St. Paul restaurant manager her job back after receiving more information about an incident where employees refused to serve five black men and asked them to prove they could pay before taking their order.